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Ash's Tepig
Pokémon information
Type	fire
Gender	Male
Ability	[[Blaze (Not yet activated)]]
Trainer	Ash
Debut	BW004: The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!
Current location	With Ash

Ash's Tepig is the third Pokémon that Ash obtained in the Unova region.

Biography

Before the events of BW004:The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!, Tepig was tied to a post and abandoned by his Trainer after losing a battle against a Deerling. He ran away after Don George tried to untie him. When Ash visited the Accumula Town Battle Club, he initially mistook Tepig for an Umbreon after seeing it on a security camera stealing food from a warehouse. Ash discovered Tepig eating the bait he and Iris laid out for him and realized that it was actually a Tepig covered in soot. Tepig was extremely thin, as there was rope tied around his snout, preventing him from eating. Ash untied him and carried him back to the Battle Club. When Pikachu was stolen by Team Rocket, Tepig used Ember to rescue him. Ash then proceeded to catch Tepig.

Since Ash promised to use him in his first Gym Battle, Tepig fought against Chili's Pansear. His attacks did not do much damage to Pansear, whose Fire Punch, Flamethrower and Dig attacks hit Tepig hard. One of these Digs launched Tepig into the air. Ash commanded it to dive down Pansear's hole. Tepig then managed to bite Pansears tail and send it flying. He then defeated Pansear with a combination of Ember and Tackle.

Tepig was confirmed male in BW007:Snivy Plays Hard to Catch! when he was hit by a wild Snivy's Attract, forcing Ash to recall him.

In BW010:A Rival Battle for Club Champ!, Tepig battled against Trip's Tranquill. Like Oshawott, Tepig was defeated by Tranquill's Super Luck-boosted Aerial Ace.

He battled Lenora's Lillipup in BW015:The Battle According to Lenora! and was forced back into his Poké Ball by Lillipup's Roar. After Lenora's Watchog defeated Oshawott, Tepig battled Lillipup again, but lost. After training in BW016:Rematch at the Nacrene Gym!, he battled Lenora's Herdier. After a short battle, he was sent back by Roar. After Oshawott and Watchog knocked each other out, Tepig battled Herdier again and won using its newly-learned Flame Charge attack.

Tepig was used again in Ash's third Unova gym at Castelia City. He battled Burgh's Dwebble in BW025:Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, and even though it was a Bug-type]], he was defeated by its Rock Wrecker.

In BW034:Ash and Trip's Third Battle!, Ash used Tepig against Trip's Vanillite. Despite the type advantage Tepig had over Vanillite, the match ended in a draw.

In BW050, while trying to remove Team Rocket from the Battle Subway in Nimbasa City, Tepig learns a new attack, Flamethrower.

He battled alongside Cilan's Pansage in BW053 where they were battling against Subway Masters Emmet and Ingo's Chandelure and Eelektross while in the Battle Subway. It is unknown if they won or lost.

Known Moves

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Episode Appearances

Episode(s)	Title(s)
BW004	BW004: The Battle Club and Tepig's Choice!
BW005	BW005: Triple Leaders, Team Threats
BW006	BW006: Dreams by the Yard Full!
BW007	BW007: Snivy Plays Hard to Catch!
BW008	BW008: Saving Darmanitan From the Bell!
BW009	BW009: The Bloom Is on Axew!
BW010	BW010: A Rival Battle for Club Champ!
BW012	BW012: Here Comes the Trubbish Squad!
BW015	BW015: The Battle According to Lenora
BW016	BW016: Rematch at the Nacrene Gym
BW017	BW017: Scraggy-Hatched to be Wild
BW019	BW019: A Connoisseur's Revenge!
BW025	BW025: Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!
BW028	BW028: Emolga and the New Volt Switch!
BW030	BW030: The Dragon Master's Path!
BW034	BW034: Ash and Trip's Third Battle!
BW035	BW035: Facing Fear With Eyes Wide Open!
BW037	BW037: Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!
BW045	BW045: Meowth's Scrafty Tactics!
BW048	BW048
BW050	BW050
BW053	BW053
BW055	BW055
BW057	BW057
BW059	BW059

Gallery

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Tepig vs Samurott

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Tepig sad after loosing a battle

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Tepig using Flametrhower

Tepig with Roggenrola and Axew

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Tepig using Tackle

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Tepig using Ember

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Trivia

• Tepig was confirmed to be male when he got affected by a female Snivy's attract in the episode "Snivy Plays Hard To Catch!".
• In Ash's first Unova gym battle, he chose Tepig against Pansear because he made a promise to use Tepig in his first gym battle.
• Ash describes Tepig as being tenacious, though it lacks confidence when it loses.
• He truley seems to dislike losing a lot even when he fights to a draw, possibly due to Tepig being afraid disappointing others and being afraid of abandonment.
• Ash's Tepig shares the same trait as his other Fire starter Pokémon: being abandoned by their previous trainers; Charmander being abandoned by a selfish trainer, Chimchar being abandoned by it's harsh and abusive trainer Paul and, counted is Cyndaquil since he was about to be captured by an abusive Trainer.
• Tepig is so far the only Fire-starter owned by Ash, who hadn't evolved (not counting Torchic, which was owned by May, but evolved in it's final form).